A highlight of the academic year, the VCUarts Fashion Event includes a dazzling runway show, featuring original work from our talented design and merchandising students for an audience of friends, family and supporters.

The 2025 Fashion Event—evoke—was held April 29 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Support the 2026 Fashion Event

We are proud to present this annual event with support from our generous donors and sponsors. Please consider making a donation to secure your seats for 2026—your support directly impacts our students’ experience. For more information about becoming a 2026 Fashion Event sponsor, contact Steffi West, director of development for VCUarts, at wests5@vcu.edu. 
Fashion show runway models

2025 Sponsors

Thank you to the following sponsors for generously supporting the 2025 VCUarts Fashion Event:

Anonymous
Melanie Trent De Schutter
Kieran Donahue and Joseph Marinucci
Our Life by Stella’s
Pam Royall
Christine and Tony Strange
Deborah and Thomas Valentine
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Victoria and Charles Bleick
Reji Carreras
Nita and Jack Enoch
Rachel Grove Dalton
Marie Kimmel
Karen and John Palen
Tracy and Tom Stallings
The Valentine

Lloyd and Art Backstrom
Patricia Brown and Robert Bierly
Debra and David Fitzgerald
Frances Kahn
Virginia and Steve Harvey
Sharon Larkins-Pederson
Sandra Mihaloff and Philip Klaus
Heidi Nel and Emily McAnelly
Candance Osdene
Alexandra and Brock Saunders
Schroder Davis Law Firm, PLC
Gail and John Jay Schwartz, 1st Ultimate Ram
Tara Silver Malyska
The Pink Lady Shop
Verdalina
Meredith Weiss
Sandra and Tyrone Wilkins

The VCUarts Fashion Event is supported by the newly established VCUarts Fashion Show Endowment through a generous gift from Kieran Donahue and Joseph Marinucci.